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Sorrow (Was a Butterfly)

from Treasures & Time Travel by Sue Fink

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    “I wanted to create the kind of CD that I enjoy owning myself,” Sue muses. “I like albums that take you on a journey: the songs stand on their own, but taken as a whole, the sequencing creates an even larger story. And I appreciate lyric booklets! And beautiful art. So, that’s what I’m going for here. There’s both ear-candy: interesting sonics, musical connections between songs, and stellar musicians, whose parts are sometimes like characters themselves – and eye-candy: artwork by friends, beautiful photos, lyrics you can read and ponder. It’s the kind of album that works on long car rides, when you’re in the open and can concentrate on the music, and also, anywhere you can listen and read the lyrics at the same time.”

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lyrics

Sorrow (Was a Butterfly)
© 2018, Sue Fink

Sorrow was a butterfly, fluttering ‘round my head
I couldn’t help but wish she’d land on someone else instead…
Well, not really, but I hoped she wouldn’t set her sights on me
No, I preferred to watch her fly and hope that I’d stay free
And hope that I’d stay free

Sorrow, you’re so beautiful
With wings of blue and gold
But looks deceive, for pain you leave
Or so I have been told
Or so I have been told

"Yes, my wings are soft as ash
And many a head I turn
But when I rest upon your breast
Right through your heart I’ll burn
Right through your heart I’ll burn"

Sorrow, if this is my time, for how long will you stay?
"When I land, I’ll be at hand until I go away
It might be hours, might be days, sometimes I do stay years
From moon through sun, until I’m done I’ll bathe you with my tears
I’ll bathe you with my tears"

Sorrow, I will not stay still, you cannot land on me
"– Then I shall come while you’re asleep, you’ll wake and there I’ll be"
Sorrow, I will hide from you until you fly away
"– Then you will leave your life unlived, that’s a high price to pay,
Too high a price to pay…"

Then Sorrow sang, "Cheer up my friend, it’s someone else I seek"
But as she left, she let her wing just lightly graze my cheek
And for that moment how I wept, as Sorrow took her toll
All colors bled into a gray that crept into my soul
Gray crept into my soul

Oooooh….

But soon as she was gone from sight
The sun returned to shine
"Enjoy what you still have," it said
"Enjoy while you’ve still time
Enjoy while you’ve still… time"

credits

from Treasures & Time Travel, released September 23, 2018
Sue: vocals, guitar
Jeanne T. Arrigo: vocals (Sorrow)
John Abbey: bass
Bob Long: electric piano, organ

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Sue Fink Chicago, Illinois

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Sue Fink enchants audiences with her whimsical perspective on the world. Her genre, “urban campfire cabaret,” is folk with a hint of jazz, a large dollop of humor, and a drop of sadness for good measure: think Christine Lavin, with a dash of Rickie Lee Jones, Melanie, and Nellie McKay. ... more

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